The Savage Lady Wants to Kill Me! Reborn on the Path of Cultivation

Yi Shuirou saw that the morale of her soldiers was high, and she knew that this was the best time to march. She waved the flag resolutely, and at that moment, it seemed that even the wind was whistling.

Wherever the commander's flag pointed, the messengers rushed between the camps and regiments like arrows from a bow, and the high-pitched voice resounded through the sky: "All troops, attack!"

The order was like a landslide, and the Hongxing Army and the Imperial Army responded one after another, moving forward in an orderly formation.

The heavy shield soldiers were like a solid wall of steel, holding their huge shields tightly with both hands and advancing steadily; the spear and lance soldiers followed closely behind, unstoppable; the archers and light shield soldiers were arranged in an orderly manner, with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

On the other hand, the Jin army was like a frightened bird, retreating step by step. They watched the enemy approaching, and their formation became chaotic. The soldiers standing in the front retreated one after another.

Seeing this, Yi Shuirou mistakenly thought that the Jin army had been frightened, and decisively ordered the entire army to speed up, vowing to decide the outcome in one battle and not let a single soldier escape into the city.

This scene was like the Battle of Jinzhou again. Everyone thought that the Jin army's retreat was cowardly, but little did they know that this was a trick to lure the enemy deeper into their territory...

When the two armies approached within a hundred steps of the Jin army, the front line of the Jin army collapsed, and the soldiers panicked and fled backwards.

However, in this chaos, the Jin army quietly revealed their secret weapons - cannons and muskets.

In an instant, a deafening roar echoed between heaven and earth. The Jin army's artillery was the first to fire, and broken stones and iron pieces poured out of the barrel like a rainstorm. The heavy shield soldiers on the front line had no time to react before they were swallowed up by this sudden rain of death.

For a moment, the frontline soldiers of the Hongxing Army fell down like a wheat field being harvested by a sickle, and countless people fell down.

Such a powerful weapon was an unprecedented shock to the soldiers on both sides.

The Jin army did not give the enemy any chance to breathe. The soldiers in the front row quickly raised their muskets. Although the muskets were simple, they contained destructive power.

As the trigger was pulled, the hammer struck the flint, sparks flew, and the gunpowder in the chamber was instantly ignited, shooting the steel ball towards the enemy with tremendous force.

With the volley of fire from the first row of muskets, the Hongxing Army's line was instantly torn apart. The soldiers were either killed on the spot or fell to the ground wailing. It was a horrific scene.

And this was just the beginning. After the first row of Jin soldiers finished shooting, they immediately squatted down to reload ammunition, and the second row seamlessly connected and continued firing.

This cycle continued over and over again. Although the number of Jin army's vanguard was small, they relied on the repeated shooting of firearms to defeat the Hongxing army without any chance of fighting back.

The Jin Kingdom's firearms reserves in Jinling Town were not abundant, with only more than twenty cannons and no more than ten thousand muskets. However, it was this limited resource that played an infinite role on the battlefield.

Yi Shuirou was full of confusion about the unknown powerful weapon in the hands of the Jin army, but Duan Tianyang, a person who traveled through time from the modern times, how could he not know what that weapon was?

He was surprised that the Jin Dynasty could have manufactured cannons and muskets without even hearing a single rumor about it.

Faced with the crushing force of such hot weapons, a head-on confrontation would be like hitting a rock with an egg, which would be a dead end.

Seeing the heavy casualties among the frontline soldiers, Duan Tianyang's face was as gloomy as water. He said to Yi Shuirou beside him urgently: "Princess, you must order a retreat immediately. This battle can no longer be fought!"

Yi Shuirou was puzzled when she heard this and stared at Duan Tianyang: "Why is this?"

Duan Tianyang was extremely anxious: "The weapons in the hands of the enemy are called muskets, which are extremely powerful. If we continue to fight, we will only die in vain!"

After saying this, without waiting for Yi Shuirou to respond, he raised his flag high and shouted, "The front army will turn back, the rear army will lead the way, retreat immediately!"

But it was too late to retreat at this time. The two sides were only a few steps away from each other. The generals of Hongxing Army and the Imperial Army looked at each other in shock and were slow to react.

Duan Tianyang knew that it was useless to say more, so he just gave an order: "Entire army, retreat immediately, without any mistakes!" After saying that, he spurred his horse and rushed to the front of the battlefield.

The two sides were too close to each other. If they wanted to retreat, someone had to stay behind to attract the enemy's firepower and buy time for the soldiers to retreat.

Seeing this, Qiu Tieyi, Lu Jingyuan, Hua Duoer and others followed without hesitation.

Crossing his own camp, Duan Tianyang witnessed the brutality on the front line with his own eyes.

The Jin army's muskets were like the scythe of death, ruthlessly reaping lives. The corpses of their own soldiers piled up like mountains, and the battlefield was almost dyed red with blood.

He gritted his teeth, jumped off his horse, and rushed towards the enemy formation at full speed.

At this moment, a steel ball whizzed towards him at such a speed that it was astonishing. Duan Tianyang had no way to avoid it and was hit right in the chest.

"Bang!" A crisp collision sound was heard, and he staggered and took several steps back.

He looked down at his chest and saw that his armor had been pierced, but fortunately, he had the Universal Ring hidden in his body, and this life-saving item blocked the attack of the steel ball.

He hesitated for just a moment, and in that instant, he was hit by three bullets in succession.

Although he was protected by the Universal Ring, the powerful impact of the steel ball still made him take several steps back.

This scene was seen clearly by Qiu Tieyi and others who followed closely behind. They were so shocked that their faces turned pale and they screamed in unison. Just as they were about to rush over, Duan Tianyang waved his hand to stop them. He shouted loudly: "Don't come over, lead the entire army to retreat immediately! I will draw the firepower!"

He took a deep breath, burst out instantly, and rushed forward with a flash slash.

The distance between the two sides was only a hundred steps, but his full strength allowed him to jump more than ten meters away in an instant.

Suddenly seeing an enemy general rushing towards them like lightning, the Jin army soldiers quickly adjusted their guns and opened fire at Duan Tianyang.

The steel balls were fired at an extremely fast speed, and Duan Tianyang instinctively raised the black knife in his hand and blocked it in front of him.

Sparks flew everywhere amid the crisp sound of tinkling.

Just when the opponent's round of shooting ended and the second round had not yet begun, Duan Tianyang used instant slash again without hesitation.

His figure rushed forward another ten meters like a flash of lightning.

The sound of the musket firing rang out again, and Duan Tianyang still used the black knife to protect his chest.

The steel bullets hit the black sword, making a crisp clinking sound, and at the same time hit the armor on his body, making a continuous crackling sound.

There is a universal ring inside his armor, but it can only protect the upper body but not the lower body.

In the second round of shooting by the Jin army, Duan Tianyang was unfortunately shot in both legs.

Fortunately, the armor blocked most of the force of the steel balls, and they only embedded into the flesh without damaging the bones.

He gritted his teeth and endured the pain in his legs, performing another instant slash to close the distance between the two sides again.

After each instant slash, the Jin army's volley of fire would follow like a shadow.

This time, even the black sword in Duan Tianyang's hand could not withstand the attack and was smashed to pieces, and he was also hit by dozens of steel balls.